Frankie Dettori puts racing memorabilia up for online sale including his royal blue ex-Godolphin silks

Over 120 lots of trophies, prizes, silks and memorabilia from horse racing legend, Frankie Dettori, will be sold at Cheffins in Cambridge as part of a timed online auction, from 5th July until 18th July.

Frankie Dettori, the 52-year-old jockey, has had over 4,000 wins as part of his illustrious career and is now looking to ‘scale down’ his property, with his wife Catherine. As part of their move, they have been clearing out the thousands of prizes and trophies won over his career.

Part of the proceeds will go to the charity Direct Aid for Africa (DAFA), and some will go to Dettori’s five children.

“All my kids have branched out so it’s only myself and Catherine my wife left, so we’re planning to rent the house, scale down and move towards London a bit. And I’d like to travel the world a bit," Dettoi said.

Set to retire this November, Frankie Dettori said, “I’m going to be 53 and I wanted to stop at the top. I still feel that I’m riding well enough to finish at the top. I think it’s the right time.

"My heart doesn’t want to stop but my brain is telling me to stop. It’s not going to be easy.

"We’re going to move away from Newmarket. Newmarket’s been my life. We’re scaling down and I’ve got so much stuff, we thought we might as well just auction it," he added.

" I didn’t realise because they end up in drawers, in cupboards, in the cellar. I mean they’re all over the place. Now we’re clearing up a lot of stuff we didn’t realise how much accumulated in so many years.”

Included in the sale are a number of important memorabilia items, most notably are the jockey weighing scales, which were gifted to Dettori by champion American jockey Steve Cauthen and which Dettori claims he has been “jumping on and off for over thirty years,” and which have been signed. There is also Dettori’s trophy from his 2023 win at The Oaks, this was his last ride at Epsom, and could potentially be his final trophy from a Classic win, should he not win at the Saint Leger in September.

Other key lots include his royal blue ex-Godolphin silks, a pair of boots which have been signed and were worn by Dettori during various races in Saudi Arabia in 2023, and a saddle which is again signed and was used by Dettori at Epsom in 2007.

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